Prague Open: Seidel eases past Shibahara to reach last eight
Ella Seidel beat Ena Shibahara 6-2, 7-5. She’ll play the winner of the match between top seed Linda Noskova and German Eva Lys in the next round
Ella Seidel, Hamburg Open, 2023 Zuma / Panoramic
German Ella Seidel advanced to the last eight of the Prague Open by winning against Japanese lucky loser Ena Shibahara 6-2, 7-5 at the Sparta Prague Tennis Club.
Seidel, ranked No 150, will face the winner of the match between top seed Linda Noskova and German Eva Lys next.
The 19-year-old German beat Argentinian Nadia Podoroska, the No 7 seed (6-4, 2-6, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Prague tournament, Shibahara, ranked No 257, edged out German Tamara Korpatsch (7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-5).
Prague WTA 250, other second-round results (Sparta Prague Tennis Club, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Linda Noskova vs. Eva Lys
- Laura Samson (WC) beat Katerina Siniakova (2): 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Viktoriya Tomova (5) beat Jana Fett: 6-3, 6-4
- Magdalena Frech (6) beat Dominika Salkova: 6-4, 6-7 (4), 2-2 ret.
- Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q) beat Kathinka von Deichmann (LL): 6-1, 6-2
- Anhelina Kalinina (3) beat Elsa Jacquemot: 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
- Magda Linette (4) beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-3, 6-4
